Projection

The World as Your Emotional Canvas

Unacknowledged hurts from your shadow can be placed upon and attributed to someone or something. This is an unconscious way to protect yourself from inner conflict and worry. You may not be ready to process how you feel. However, your mind needs a perspective to help it understand a challenging event. So, projection can occur without you realizing it as a way to recognize and heal a hurt stored deep in your shadow. When something is in the shadows, it can’t be seen, but it goes everywhere with you. You begin to see this aspect of your shadow world reflected in the world around you. When you understand that everything can teach you something about yourself, you can assess whether your uncomfortable feelings about someone or something highlights an unresolved personal hurt. Allow these feelings to inspire curiosity and wonder and create integrating and healing paths to your desire.

Shadow Mastery Class: The Projection Room

Meditation

Place your hand on the card. Gently close your eyes. Sense your body and concentrate on your breathing. Follow your breath inward. Hold for five seconds and relax. Breathe out and release all tension. Focus on the middle of your chest.

In front of you, a golden staircase descends into the earth. Relax as you walk down the ten healing steps to a magical, amethyst crystal cave. With each step, you realize that what you see in the world is a facet of you. Step into the amethyst cave and greet your shadow.

In front of you is a red velvet curtain. When you touch it, you realize it is made of light. The curtains open, and you walk through into your projection room. This is your very own movie theater. You are about to watch a beautifully crafted scene to help you understand projection. Take a seat on a comfortable, warm, soft chair.

The scene begins. Two people meet. One has unfairly criticized the other. The person unjustly treated places all hurt, criticism and judgement into a basket. They then hand the basket to the other person while saying, “I can see you are hurting, but these belong to you. It is time to face and own your pain so you can love yourself more wholly.”

The other person takes the basket and says, “Thank you for returning what belongs to me. I am sorry for placing my hurt on you. With this basket, you have given me the courage to process and integrate the wisdom from my pain.”

As you observe the scene, think about scenarios when you have played either of these parts. Observe your findings without judgement. You will begin to understand how pain and hurt open a pathway to your soul truth so you can inspire yourself and others. Take all the time you need to peruse the information you have just received.

When you feel ready, move through the red velvet curtain of light into the amethyst cave. Return to the golden staircase. As you walk upward, know that you can reimagine and recreate anything in your mind and life. Thank your shadow for projecting your hurt and admiration into the world so you can see them with clarity. At the top of the stairs, take two deep breaths and open your eyes to the magic of possibility.

Inspired Insights, Reflections and Actions

Projection works both ways. The beautiful things you see in others are aspects of yourself that you have not yet integrated. We can more easily recognize something in another when we have that quality in ourselves.

Consider the following:

*When you react positively or negatively when watching a movie, check in with yourself. What do you think it is telling you?

*Become aware of other people projecting their stuff onto you so you don’t doubt yourself.

Journal Work

Use the world as your mirror. Write or draw what you observe about yourself.